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I saw somebody mention this months ago and I've been curious.

 

Here's the stats from the front page:

 

There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

It'd be interesting to check these everyday for the next week or so. I wonder if there will be a noticable difference. Anybody else find this interesting?

 

sd

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It would be interesting to see, I'm sure there will be a spike in logs, with the "cache trains" that will be happening.

I dunno. You're just taking a lot of people who probably would have been out caching elsewhere and moving them to Fla. Granted some may be bagging more caches than usual, but others may be spending most of their time meeting people and not finding as many as they normally would.

 

Also, being that this website is averaging 16,000+ logs in a day, will a couple hundred people make that much of a difference? A beautiful, sunny day in one region would probably account for a much larger spike than the gang at GWIII.

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I saw somebody mention this months ago and I've been curious.

 

Here's the stats from the front page:

 

There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

It'd be interesting to check these everyday for the next week or so. I wonder if there will be a noticable difference. Anybody else find this interesting?

 

sd

Acutally, it would be More interesting if you could click on those stats and see a history timeline :-)

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According to the cache page for GeoWoodstock II, there were roughly 10,000 finds logged in the area that weekend. Yes, everyone would likely be caching at home anyways, but it is easier to grab more finds in virgin territory. I found 280 caches in four days, as opposed to my normal weekend total of 5 to 10.

 

I'd call 10,000 logs a "spike." It will be interesting to see whether that total is exceeded in Jacksonville. Keeping track of it will presumably require some people there putting every cache in the area on their watchlists, as was done last year in Nashville.

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I'd call 10,000 logs a "spike." It will be interesting to see whether that total is exceeded in Jacksonville. Keeping track of it will presumably require some people there putting every cache in the area on their watchlists, as was done last year in Nashville.

Does that mean a "watcher" would receive 10,000 emails? :unsure::ph34r::huh:

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

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I agree that there will be a massive spike in logs.

Even when I go out on cache runs for the heck of it, I only get 30 or so caches usually. And that includes runs associated with cache events.

 

For two days at GW2, I found 150+ caches in 36 hours.

 

So put 250+ people together in one area, get each of them 100+ cache finds over the weekend, and yeah, there'll be a massive spike in finds.

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

sd

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

There are 169893 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118302 new logs written by 21107 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 12:53:18 PM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

There are 169893 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118302 new logs written by 21107 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 12:53:18 PM (Pacific)

There are 169995 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117990 new logs written by 20982 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:54:01 PM (Pacific)

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It would be interesting to see, I'm sure there will be a spike in logs, with the "cache trains" that will be happening.

I dunno. You're just taking a lot of people who probably would have been out caching elsewhere and moving them to Fla. Granted some may be bagging more caches than usual, but others may be spending most of their time meeting people and not finding as many as they normally would.

 

Also, being that this website is averaging 16,000+ logs in a day, will a couple hundred people make that much of a difference? A beautiful, sunny day in one region would probably account for a much larger spike than the gang at GWIII.

I would say yes, there will be. With the number of logs as high as it is site wide at this point it should spike, but not much statistically speaking. Also, many people I met and spoke with are making GW3 part of a caching vacation, not just a quick weekend visit. Yes, most of these people would still be caching back home, but you have a concentration of 500+ dedicated cachers in a very cache dense city.

Many of these traveled together, so they will be caching together.

There are/were organized cache runs Sunday, that will provide some cachers the opportunity to find many more than they would on their own.

Therefore, much of the logging activity will be spread out over time. I doubt I will get many of my logs posted before Friday.

 

I'll use my crew, Team CHB as my example. Yes, we are all dedicated, hard core cachers. Yes, we probably would have been out caching at home this past weekend. But no, we wouldn't have been out from 6 am until past midnight in a rented van, for four straight days back at home. We also wouldn't have had two laptops running at the same time, one with Streets and Trips using a rooftop antenna managed by a dedicated navigator, the second running GSAK with a dedicated operator. :D

 

We also added two premium members to the six charter members for this trip, (but one charter member Paintfiction is part of the NEFGA group hosting the event so he won't log any new finds, but geologygirl rode with us for two days so that might even out the numbers). So eight cachers who might normally post 20-40 logs for an active weekend, will be posting 350-400 logs for this weekend. Since I had to fly out Sunday morning, if bringing the average down just a bit. :o

 

So our little crew will be showing a 1200% increase in logging activity for the weekend. :D:D:D

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

There are 169893 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118302 new logs written by 21107 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 12:53:18 PM (Pacific)

There are 169995 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117990 new logs written by 20982 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:54:01 PM (Pacific)

There are 170179 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119477 new logs written by 21025 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 7:55:31 AM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

There are 169893 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118302 new logs written by 21107 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 12:53:18 PM (Pacific)

There are 169995 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117990 new logs written by 20982 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:54:01 PM (Pacific)

There are 170179 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119477 new logs written by 21025 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 7:55:31 AM (Pacific)

There are 170216 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 120023 new logs written by 21164 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 10:55:59 AM (Pacific)

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There are 168815 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 115529 new logs written by 20773 account holders.

 

Updated 5/24/2005 6:26:48 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169151 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116189 new logs written by 20723 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 6:25:32 AM (Pacific)

There are 169267 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 116986 new logs written by 20913 account holders.

 

Updated 5/26/2005 7:46:39 PM (Pacific)

There are 169486 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117163 new logs written by 21033 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 1:48:44 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169537 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118189 new logs written by 21167 account holders.

 

Updated 5/27/2005 8:33:11 PM (Pacific)

 

There are 169634 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118515 new logs written by 21212 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 8:50:26 AM (Pacific)

There are 169720 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119316 new logs written by 21191 account holders.

 

Updated 5/28/2005 6:37:54 PM (Pacific)

There are 169832 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119284 new logs written by 21283 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:39:54 AM (Pacific)

There are 169893 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 118302 new logs written by 21107 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 12:53:18 PM (Pacific)

There are 169995 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 117990 new logs written by 20982 account holders.

 

Updated 5/29/2005 6:54:01 PM (Pacific)

There are 170179 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 119477 new logs written by 21025 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 7:55:31 AM (Pacific)

There are 170216 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 120023 new logs written by 21164 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 10:55:59 AM (Pacific)

There are 170331 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 128271 new logs written by 22201 account holders.

 

Updated 5/30/2005 7:53:16 PM (Pacific)

 

 

Wow. For the past few days, it's been hovering around 117,700 logs (that's the average taken from the 10 updates from 5/24 to 5/29 (It's not 100% accurate, I'm sure I missed at least one update and probably more). The latest update is 8,000 logs more than this morning and 11,000 more than the average for the past few days. I bet it'll jump some more tomorrow - as today was a holiday in the US. It may be Wednesday or Thursday before some people finish logging finds as well.

 

sd

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There are 170870 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 143269 new logs written by 23483 account holders.

 

Updated 6/1/2005 12:00:58 PM (Pacific)

 

J - any chance you'd share the peak numbers for most logs during a day and/or 3 day period? as well as most logs by different account holders?

 

sd

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There are 171463 active caches in 215 countries.

 

In the last 7 days, there have been 152994 new logs written by 23896 account holders.

 

Updated 6/3/2005 4:06:12 PM (Pacific)

 

Well, the numbers don't seem to be going down yet. That's an increase of approximately 30% in about a week.

 

I wonder if they'll go down next week?

 

sd

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And I haven't even started logging my few finds from the event yet. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, maybe I can get started then. :)

 

Edit-and I better do it soon. I just noticed that my post count is getting dangerously close to my find count again. :)

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Well, the numbers don't seem to be going down yet. That's an increase of approximately 30% in about a week.

 

Since several of the "power cachers" that travelled long distances are just now getting home and the web site is handing off database timeout errors and blank pages to those that try to log too quickly, I suspect it's kind of self-regulating at this point.

 

There was definitely some serious hammering in FL and surrounding states.

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